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Black Parents in St. Louis Wonder if Teaching Their Sons About How to...
buzzfeed.com Black parents in St. Louis — just like parents across the U.S. — have started the school year with their thoughts on the safety of their sons and the lessons they must impart about how to...
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We All Possess the Power to Stop Police Departments from Abusing...
As we wring our hands at the seemingly constant barrage of police abuse and police killings this summer and wonder how we might bring them to a stop, perhaps all of us are literally holding the...
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Obama: Injustice and Police Targeting Blacks Can Hurt White People, Too
In a speech clearly intended to touch white people, President Barack Obama told the crowd at a Congressional Black Caucus dinner over the weekend that the inequality of the American criminal justice...
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16 Black Celebrities You May Not Have Known Were of Bajan Descent
Jada Pinkett Smith The actress’s mother is of Afro-Caribbean descent, specifically Bajan. LL Cool J The rapper/actor’s grandfather was from Barbados.
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Federal Judge Rules Texas Voting Law Violates Rights of Blacks, Hispanics
Voting rights activists are finding a surprising new friend in the federal courts, as a federal judge in Texas struck down that state’s controversial voter ID law, likening it to a poll tax directed at...
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Obama Taps Loretta Lynch to Become Nation’s First Black Female Attorney General
President Obama, a figure who makes history virtually every time he steps out of bed in the morning, is about to do something historic once again, as he has announced he is replacing the first...
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Emmett Till Memorialized At Tree Planting Ceremony At The Capitol
In memory of Emmett Till and his tragic death, a sycamore tree was planted at the Capitol yesterday. Till, a teenager from Chicago visiting his family in Mississippi, was kidnapped by a group of white...
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After Death of 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice, Justice Dept. Says Cleveland Police...
Less than two weeks after 12-year-old Tamir Rice was killed by a Cleveland police officer who had already been deemed unfit for police work by a previous employer, the U.S. Justice Department released...
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Justice Dept. Bans Federal Law Enforcement from Profiling People Based on...
In the midst of an explosive racial climate across the country, Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the federal government has banned the use of profiling by federal law enforcement on...
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Obama Says He’s Willing to Withhold Federal Funds From Law Enforcement...
As angry protests rage across the country over a criminal justice system that doesn’t appear to work for Black people and as many observers wonder what President Obama is going to do about it, the...
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Holder Says Distrust Between Police and Black Community Means Nation Has...
Attorney General Eric Holder said the current hostility between the Black community and the nation’s police force means that the nation has “failed”—failed to fix a problem that has existed in this...
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Newt Gingrich Says Racial Tension in Nation Is Fault of Obama, Holder; While...
Newt Gingrich, the man who called President Obama the “welfare president,” is back with his own brand of racial enlightenment, using the CBS airwaves yesterday to blame Obama and Attorney General Eric...
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US Attorney General Candidate Loretta Lynch Sets Sights on Mending Shattered...
As Loretta Lynch prepares to possibly take over as U.S. attorney general, the top federal prosecutor is setting her sights on mending the broken relationship between the Black community and law...
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Justice Department Investigation Into Ferguson Police Coming to End Soon,...
The Department of Justice’s investigative findings into the shooting of unarmed Black teenager Michael Brown will be released before he steps down as U.S. attorney general, Eric Holder said in one of...
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Report: Justice Department To Sue Ferguson Police for Discriminatory...
If media reports are true, the Ferguson police department, where white officer Darren Wilson worked when he shot and killed unarmed Black teenager Michael Brown last August, must make in-house changes...
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Justice Dept. Will Not Bring Charges Against Zimmerman in Martin’s Death,...
With the announcement that the Justice Department will not file federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman for the 2012 death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, the department has proven once...
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After Failing to Charge Darren Wilson, Justice Department Slams Ferguson...
The highly anticipated results of the Justice Department’s investigation into the Ferguson Police Department wrought confirmation of what many already suspected: That it was laden with racial profiling...
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Amazingly, Police-Related Killings Over Seven Years Was Under-Counted Because...
It’s actually worse than we thought. Police killings recorded over the course of seven years have been under-counted by more than half, an astonishing figure, according to a new Bureau of Justice...
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Lawmakers Delay Confirmation of Loretta Lynch As Attorney General Again In...
Loretta Lynch, who conceivably could have been confirmed as the new attorney general months ago, likely will have to wait at least another week for the Senate confirmation hearings, as Republicans drag...
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Trial Begins in Case of Cleveland Police Officer Who Helped Kill 2 Black...
Even before Cleveland police officer Michael Brelo‘s voluntary manslaughter trial began today, the stakes couldn’t have been higher for a police department under extraordinary scrutiny in recent...
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Frustrated Leaders Planning a Hunger Strike Until Senate Confirms Loretta...
Nominated six months ago and cleared by the Judiciary Committee in February, Loretta Lynch remains unconfirmed as the U.S. Attorney General because the Republican Senate refuses to make the 15 minutes...
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Loretta Lynch Finally Confirmed as U.S. Attorney General After Lengthy Delays
Finally, after months of perceived intentional delays, the Senate confirmed Loretta Lynch as the U.S. Attorney General, making her the first African-American woman to hold that position. With the...
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Loretta Lynch Takes Over a Justice Dept. That Has Been Unable to Bring...
Loretta Lynch sworn in by Vice President Biden while her father Lorenzo Lynch and husband Stephen Hargrove hold the Bible When it comes to protecting Black people from the excessive force of abusive...
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Former Attorney General Eric Holder Says Charleston Shooting Should Serve as...
Former Attorney General Eric Holder may have retired from government work, but he is still taking an active interest in national issues. According to The Huffington Post, Holder said the recent South...
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The Idea That Social Pathology Explains Issues In Black Communities Is Set...
(From left) Miller Center Director of Public Programs Douglas Blackmon, activist DeRay McKesson, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Harvard professor Dr. Elizabeth Hinton were on the panel at...
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‘Ready to Roll’: Eric Holder Says Barack Obama Is Ready to Return to Politics
Former Attorney General Eric Holder said ex-President Barack Obama will aid in efforts to fight gerrymandering. Photo by Carolyn Caster/AP Witnessing Barack Obama leave the White House was a bitter...
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Trump Appointee Sam Clovis Was a Birther Conspiracy Theorist, Called Eric...
Sam Clovis accused former President Barack Obama of being a “Maoist.” (Image courtesy of The Washington Free Beacon) Former President Barack Obama isn’t even American and his right hand man,...
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Mark Zuckerberg Will Apologize to the European Parliament: Co-founder of social media website Mark Zuckerberg will appear in front of the European Parliament and will likely apologize for the data...
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Mail-bomb Scare Widens As Packages to Joe Biden, Robert De Niro Seized
WASHINGTON (AP) — The mail-bomb scare widened Thursday as law enforcement officials seized three more suspicious packages — two addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden and one to actor Robert De...
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Former AG Eric Holder to Decide on 2020 Bid in a Few Weeks
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Attorney Gen. Eric Holder said Tuesday he is in the final stages of deciding whether to seek the 2020 Democratic nomination for president and plans to decide in about a...
View ArticleFox News Hosts Visibly Upset Their Jewish Guest Isn’t Riled Up Over...
Fox News pundits on Thursday made an odd comparison when discussing Congress passing a Democratic bill to condemn anti-Semitism. The bill follows Rep. Ilhan Omar’s remarks last week where she said of...
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Eric Holder Sparks Twitter War With VP Mike Pence Over How Great America Is
Vice President Mike Pence and former Attorney General Eric Holder are at each other’s throats over how “great” America actually is. Their social media spat, which played out on Twitter Thursday, was...
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Man Charged With Killing Nipsey Hussle Pleads Not Guilty
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man charged with killing rapper Nipsey Hussle was ordered held on $5 million bail after pleading not guilty Thursday to murder and attempted murder charges. Eric R. Holder Jr.,...
View ArticleD.L. Hughley and Meek Mill Outraged That Chris Darden From O.J. Simpson’s...
It seems the anger related to Nipsey Hussle‘s slaying grew even more when his suspected killer Eric Holder pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted murder charges after he was arrested earlier this...
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50 Cent Says It’s Hard for Him to Talk About Nipsey Hussle’s Killing, and...
Like many have said since Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed on Sunday, 50 Cent is confused about it all, which he admitted on Instagram. “Man I really liked Nipsey, it’s harder for me to express it,”...
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Lauren London Vows to ‘Always Represent My King to the Fullest’ as She and...
As the world continues to mourn the death of rapper Nipsey Hussle, his girlfriend and family members have been speaking out. Hussle was gunned down in front of his South Los Angeles store last Sunday....
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South L.A. Councilman Files Motion to Rename Intersection In Honor of Nipsey...
More than a week after Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed outside his South Los Angeles clothing store, plans are in place to have the intersection where the incident occurred renamed in his honor. The...
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Report: New Surveillance Footage Suggests the Woman Connected To Nipsey...
New surveillance footage suggests the female driver who drove Nipsey Hussle‘s alleged killer Eric Holder might be more involved than she first told police, a new report claims. All along, the unnamed...
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‘F—K YOU!’: Christopher Darden Issues Statement After Resigning as Eric...
When it was revealed that Christopher Darden was going to be the defense attorney for Eric Holder, the man who’s accused of murdering iconic rapper Nipsey Hussle, Darden and his family instantly...
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Nipsey Hussle Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty at Indictment, Bond Set at...
The suspected shooter who gunned down Nipsey Hussle in South Los Angeles in March has been indicted by a grand jury. The May 9 indictment was announced by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s...
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Testimony Stemming from Nipsey Hussle Shooting Emerges, Getaway Driver Has...
The getaway driver involved in the case that led to the shooting death of Nipsey Hussle in March has expressed grave concerns for her safety. In documents from the grand jury hearing held last month...
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LAPD Starts Internal Probe in Nipsey Hussle Case After New Details Surface...
A little after Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed in March, a woman who drove the accused gunman Eric Holder tried to turn herself in but was turned away by a front desk officer. And now police want to...
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Huh? Nipsey Hussle Was Reportedly Being Investigated By LAPD Before He Died
Two days after Nipsey Hussle was shot and killed in front of his Marathon Clothing Store, LAPD Commissioner Steve Soboroff spoke at a press conference and talked about how the rapper, along with...
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Eric Holder’s Lawyer Wants Two Charges Dropped in Nipsey Hussle Murder Case
Eric Holder‘s attorney is trying to get two of his charges dismissed after he appeared in a pretrial hearing in Los Angeles on Oct. 9. Holder has been accused of shooting and killing the rapper Nipsey...
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